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192 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Serophularinee. 
flowers, not so densely crowded as in the 7. Macroura, rather large, but smaller than in Y. macrocarpa and speciosa. 
Sepals ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, very variable in the proportion they bear to the tube of the corolla. 
Capsules generally small. —A most abundant and variable plant in all particulars, and one I am quite at a loss how 
to define. There are no characters possessed by the other species of this section (except Y. speciosa and pubescens) 
that one or more of my immense suite of specimens of this does not present in leaf, flower, or fruit. I have it from 
fully forty stations between the Bay of Islands and Southern Island of New Zealand. 
5. Veronica macrocarpa, Vahl; fruticosa v. subarborea, ramulis glabris junioribus subcompressis, foliis 
sessilibus lanceolatis linearibusve subobtusis v. acutis integerrimis glaberrimis, racemis puberulis v. glabratis, 
floribus amplis, sepalis lanceolatis ovato-lanceolatisve corollz tubo duplo brevioribus, capsula magna ovato- 
oblonga acuta calyce subtriplo longiore. Vahd, Symb. v. 3. p. 4. Benth. l. c. 
Var. B. myrtifolia ; racemis glabratis, sepalis tubo corolle paulo brevioribus capsulaque obtusa duplo 
brevioribus. V. myrtifolia, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Benth. l. c. 
Has. Northern, Middle, and Southern Islands, Banks and Solander. Mount Egmont, Diefenbach. 
Cook's Straits, D’ Urville. Bay of Islands, Logan, ete. Port William, Lyall. 
Very closely allied to Y. salicifolia, but on the whole a larger plant in all its parts, especially in flower and cap- 
sule, upon which its characters mainly depend. Leaves as in Y, salicifolia, but sometimes 6 inches long, and usually 
narrower. Racemes smooth or puberulous, very many but not densely flowered, shorter than the leaves. Pedicels 
slender. Flowers large, as in Y. speciosa, deep blue or pale lilac, nearly ž inch long, with long exserted stamens. 
Corolla lobes the length of the tube. Sepals ovate or oblong-lanceolate, sharp, shorter than the tube of the calyx, 
half as long as the large black capsule, which is blunt in var. 8.—Dr. Lyall’s Southern Island specimens have 
leaves only 2 inches long, and very pale flowers; they are not in fruit. 
6. Veronica ligustrifolia, A. Cunn.; suffruticosa, laxe ramosa, foliis oblongis lineari-oblongis anguste 
lineari-lanceolatisve obtusiusculis integerrimis glabris, racemis laxifloris vix puberulis, sepalis ovatis lanceo- 
latisve acutis corolle tubum sequantibus, capsula ovata acuta calyce subduplo longiore. A. Cunn. in Bot. 
Mag. sub t. 3461. Benth. l. c. 
Var. B. acutiflora ; foliis angustis elongatis, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis tubo corolle subduplo longio- 
ribus. V. acutiflora, Benth. l. c. V. angustifolia, A. Cunn. Prodr. non Rich. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Bay of Islands, at the falls of the Keri Keri River, Cunning- 
ham, etc. Akaroa, Raoul. 
Mr. Bentham doubts whether this be not the salicifolia of Vahl, a point it is impossible to clear up from de- 
scriptions, that species and this being very closely allied. The chief characters of V. ligustrifolia are its small size 
(1-3 feet high), the much smaller, usually narrower, and more linear blunt foliage, and the short racemes. Leaves 
1—9 inches long, and + inch broad in var. 6, sometimes 4 inches by 4 inch broad, blunt. Racemes 2-3 inches 
long, 5 or 6 inches in var. B. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, sharp, as long as or longer than the tube of the corolla. 
Capsule small.—This species may best be known by its general characters, which are its small size, oblong or 
narrow, linear, blunt leaves, and short racemes of rather large loose flowers on long pedicels. 
7. Veronica parviflora, Vahl; fruticosa, glabra, foliis anguste lineari-lanceolatis acutis mucronatisve 
integerrimis sepissime carinatis, racemis numerosis gracilibus glabris v. puberulis multifloris, floribus see- 
pissime parvis folio equilongis v. longioribus, pedicellis brevissimis, sepalis obtusis corolle tubo capsulisque 
duplo brevioribus. Vahl, Symb. v. 3. p. 4. Benth.l.c. V. angustifolia, 4. Rich. Flora. V. stenophylla, 
Steud. Nom. Bot. 
Var. B. phillyreafolia ; foliis anguste lineari-elliptico-oblongis subacutis, racemis folio longioribus den- 
sifloris, sepalis parvis obtusis, corollis majusculis. 
